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Provide lasting change for an entire community.
Your church can make an even more significant impact in the hardest places in the world by partnering with World Concern.
“Since we began partnering with World Concern in 2014, the partnership and relationships we have experienced have been a huge encouragement to the people of Alderwood Community Church. For the people of Alderwood, this has provided an immense sense of love and connectedness for the work we share with World Concern—ultimately the work of showing the love and hope of the gospel in both word and deed.“
You can change the story of a community through your partnership with World Concern. Your church can partner with a village for a specific project or form a long-lasting relationship that may include visiting the village with a team from your church. Your church can be a light that transforms the physical and spiritual needs of an entire community.
You can change the story of a community through your partnership with World Concern. Your church can partner with a village for a specific project or form a long-lasting relationship that may include visiting the village with a team from your church. Your church can be a light that transforms the physical and spiritual needs of an entire community.
Give to complete a project and transform the lives in a village.
Partner with us to transform the lives of children and families in a village.
Host a Transformation Sunday and get your church members involved.
Members of Camano Chapel took their first ministry trip with World Concern to Asia in 2004. Kathy Harrison, director of the women’s ministry, and several other women, visited villages in Northern Thailand and Laos to meet the women and determine what they could do to help meet their needs. Upon returning they started a group at Camano Chapel called Women of Purpose with the goal of preventing trafficking and ministering to women and families in Asia.
Maria Evans said she and her friends felt compelled to do something to help people suffering in the Horn of Africa after hearing about the famine at church last month.
“It touched my heart when I saw those slides,” recalled Maria, who attends Community Bible Fellowship in Lynnwood, Wash. “Here we are enjoying this luxury, and we complain so much. At least we have water. It’s been a wake-up call for everybody.”
When 7-year-old Nina Tomlinson heard that fire had destroyed most of the homes and crops in the remote village of Maramara, Chad, she was heartbroken for the families who lost everything. Nina’s church partners with the village of Maramara through World Concern’s One Village Transformed project. Nina had also just learned about habitats in school, so she understood how bad this disaster was.
Jeremy leads the marketing, communications, and fundraising team at World Concern, raising resources to fight extreme poverty. Jeremy is passionate about seeing lives transformed – both physically and spiritually – and helping people and organizations partner with villages to see their stories change. Jeremy is the author of Magnetic Nonprofit and frequently speaks on increasing generosity for the nonprofit sector. Jeremy lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife Jennica and eight children.
Kelli joined us from Washington State University Foundation, where she was most recently the Director of Development for the Regional Team. The regional team focused on fundraising for all ten colleges within the university, four branch campuses and many departments. During her 8 years at WSU, Kelli was part of the team that led the One Billion Dollar Comprehensive Campaign for WSU and formed the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, among other accomplishments. Prior to WSU, Kelli spent 6 years at the Skagit Valley College Foundation, as Assistant Director of Development. Kelli holds a degree in Public Relations from Washington State University.
John has served large and small churches, beginning in worship ministry, then as associate pastor, lead pastor, church planter, and denominational leader. He spent 14 years with Fuller Seminary teaching graduate courses in Christian Spirituality and Ministry and leading Fuller’s Seattle Campus. Prior to that, he served on the faculty and administration of Northwest University. John and his wife, Tina Osterhouse, have a rich and diverse family life, with sons and daughters from South Sudan, Chile, and the U.S. John holds an M.Div. from Fuller and a D.Min. in Leadership and Spiritual Formation from George Fox University.
We'd love to hear more about your church, and see how we can partner together to transform lives with Christ’s love and fulfill your calling to care for the poor. Call us at 1 800-755-5022 or email us at info@worldconcern.org and we’ll connect you with our Church Mobilization team.